Azad Jafarli joins Pedersen & Partners as the Country Manager for Azerbaijan

Pedersen & Partners, an international Executive Search firm with 53 wholly owned offices in 50 countries, announced the appointment of Azad Jafarli as the Country Manager for Azerbaijan.

Mr. Jafarli has almost 20 years of experience in business development, trading, sales, and customer service operations within the Telecom, IT, Procurement, Logistics, Supply Chain and Oil & Gas industries. Prior to joining Pedersen & Partners, Mr. Jafarli was the Chief Commercial Officer at a leading national Oil & Gas Service Company. He also has significant expertise within a range of multinational companies such as: CSG International, Nokia Siemens Networks, Ericsson, Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., Unilever, etc.

“My experience in business development and customer operations has taught me to easily recognise companies which encourage professional drive and ambition, and where I can contribute my local and international expertise and connections, and achieve exciting professional goals in my own career. Pedersen & Partners is one of these firms. I am honoured to be a part of this international Executive Search team and I look forward to further continuing the firm’s market growth in Azerbaijan and adjacent markets,” commented Azad Jafarli, Country Manager for Azerbaijan at Pedersen & Partners.

“We are pleased to welcome Azad to our Europe & CIS team; his experience and vast network across various sectors will undoubtedly advance our local and regional operations. Since 2006, our Baku office has successfully completed more than a hundred local and cross-border executive search projects and I am confident that Azad will continue to add value to our clients in Azerbaijan and throughout the region,” added Sabit Tapan, Partner at Pedersen & Partners.